In the first significant sale of 2025, Jeff Bezos sells $737 million worth of Amazon stock.
Last Monday, Jeff Bezos, the founder and executive chairman of Amazon, made his first significant divestiture of Amazon shares this year, selling around $737 million worth of company stock. Bezos sold 3.3 million shares of Amazon.com Inc., bringing in $736.7 million, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
His elaborate wedding celebrations in Venice, Italy, where he wed media personality and former news anchor Lauren Sánchez, coincided with the transactions.
In March, M. Bezos implemented a prepared trading plan, called a Rule 10b5-1 plan, under which the sale was carried out. In order to prevent charges of trading on material nonpublic knowledge, the strategy allows business insiders to sell shares at specified periods. He has the authority to sell up to 25 million shares under this specific strategy.
As part of a larger rally in the U.S. markets, Amazon’s stock has increased by more than 8% since the trading plan was implemented. Regarding the latest transactions, the corporation has not provided any commentary.
With an estimated net worth of $241.4 billion, Mr. Bezos is still among the richest people in the world at the age of 61, ranking third on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Even though he left his position as CEO of Amazon in 2021, he still owns a sizable portion of the company and occasionally sells stock to finance personal endeavors.
Blue Origin, the private aerospace company Bezos established in 2000, is one of those endeavors. After years of development, the firm successfully launched its new orbital-class rocket in January.
However, a few weeks after the milestone, Blue Origin announced large layoffs, reducing about 10% of its personnel in an attempt to control expenses.
According to data provided by Bloomberg, Bezos has sold off over $44 billion worth of Amazon stock since 2002, demonstrating his consistency as a seller over the last 20 years. With just one recorded purchase—a single share purchased in 2022—he hardly ever buys back stock.
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Bezos has been involved in philanthropy throughout 2025, even in spite of the recent sale. He has given out almost 930,000 Amazon shares to charitable causes so far this year. The offerings consist of a roughly $60 million commitment in March, a $125 million donation in May, and an additional $5 million in June. The beneficiaries weren’t made public.
Much of Mr. Bezos’s charitable activity supports two primary initiatives: the Bezos Earth Fund, a $10 billion commitment aimed at combating climate change, and the Bezos Day One Fund, which focuses on early childhood education and efforts to address homelessness.
He has also drawn attention for awarding the $100 million “Bezos Courage & Civility Award,” previously granted to figures such as Dolly Parton and Van Jones.
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